porogamy

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noun

The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle.

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Meanings

nounporogamy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle.

    No statistical records are presently available about the plants showing porogamy, chalazogamy or mesogamy, in angiosperms.

    1973, Parameswaran Krishnan Kutty Nair, Rajendra Kumar Grover, Thomas Meprethu Varghese, Glimpses in Plant Research - Volume 1, page 128
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    The subject of Chalazogamy in Casuarina was discussed somewhat in detail, the speaker taking exception to Nawaschin's theory that Chalazogamy is a primitive type of fecundation from which porogamy has been developed.

    1898, Science, page 918

    The pollen tube may enter the ovule either via the chalaza (chalazogamy) (Billings 1903) or via the micropyle (porogamy) (Woodroof 1928).

    1996, Jules Janick, James N. Moore, Fruit Breeding, Nuts, →ISBN, page 208

Origin

From poro- + -gamy.

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